Lent is a time of “prayer and fasting” for peace and the future of Christians in Iraq

For Chaldean Patriarch,
Lent is a time of “prayer and fasting” for peace and the future of Christians in Iraq
by Mar Louis Raphael I Sako
In his message to the faithful for Ash Wednesday, his Beatitude Mar Raphael I Louis Sako calls for genuine political and social “reconciliation”. Addressing government leaders, he calls on them to establish “sound rules” for interaction and exchange. He finally calls for a renewed commitment to “building bridges” with “our Muslim brothers.”